The D.C. Circuit vacated preliminary injunctions that had prevented the Federal Bureau of Prisons from moving eighteen transgender women from women's federal facilities to men's institutions, and remanded the consolid...
The D.C. Circuit vacated preliminary injunctions that had blocked the transfer of eighteen transgender women from women’s federal facilities to men’s prisons, remanding the case for further factual findings on the pla...
Jason Lopez, who pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare and the Small Business Administration, had his forty-eight-month prison sentence vacated by the Eleventh Circuit. The appellate court held that the district court...
Eibe Scott, a convicted felon, appeals his conviction for possessing a firearm and ammunition, arguing that the federal felon-in-possession statute violates the Second Amendment as applied to him. The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion for sum...
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court order allowing the government to involuntarily administer antipsychotic medication to Shawn Michael Chalifoux to restore his competency for trial. Chalifoux, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute metha...
Jason Lopez, who pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare and the Small Business Administration, had his forty-eight-month prison sentence vacated by the Eleventh Circuit. The appellate court held that the district court erred in calculating Lopez's sentencing...
The D.C. Circuit vacated preliminary injunctions that had prevented the Federal Bureau of Prisons from moving eighteen transgender women from women's federal facilities to men's institutions, and remanded the consolidated appeals for further factual finding...
The D.C. Circuit vacated preliminary injunctions that had blocked the transfer of eighteen transgender women from women’s federal facilities to men’s prisons, remanding the case for further factual findings on the plaintiffs’ individual vulnerabilities.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the 198-month prison sentence imposed on Reginald Brown for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The court rejected Brown’s appeal arguments regarding the distri...
Richard Dale Wright pleaded guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) based on a prior Washington fourth-degree assault conviction, and the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district court’s denial of his motion...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and FirstCash, Inc. resolved the agency's November 2021 lawsuit alleging the Fort Worth-based pawnshop operator and its nineteen subsidiaries made loans to active-duty servicemembers at rates above the Military Lendi...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report Friday analyzing more than 20 million auto loans originated between 2018 and 2022, concluding that U.S. servicemembers take on larger loans, make smaller down payments, and pay higher interest rates...
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Nathaniel Broughton’s 87-month sentence for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, rejecting his claims that the term was procedurally and substantively unreasonable. The court also remanded the case for the district cou...